| Program Organizing Committee Accommodations Registration Sponsors | | Friday, May 5, 2006, Lower Lounge, William Pitt Union (WPU) | 9:30-10:00 | Coffee and bagels/pastries | | 10:00-10:30 | Welcoming: Patricia Beeson, Associate Provost Satish Iyengar, Chair | | 10:30-11:30 | Research Overview: Leon and Tom Ingram Olkin, Stanford University Henry Block, University of Pittsburgh | | 11:30-12:30 | "Intrinsic Tests of Independence in Contingency Tables" George Casella, University of Florida | | 12:30-2:00 | Lunch (see list of possibilities below and in your packet of materials) | | 2:00-3:00 | "Optimal System Designs in a Reliability-Economics Framework" Francisco J. Samaniego, University of California, Davis | | 3:00-4:00 | "Some Bayesian Methods in Neurophysiology" Robert E. Kass, Carnegie Mellon University | | 4:00-5:00 | University Reception | | 7:00-10:00 | Banquet, Holiday Inn | Saturday, May 6, 2006, Babcock Room, 40th Floor, Cathedral of Learning | 9:30-10:00 | Coffee and bagels/pastries | | 10:00-11:00 | "Bayes Methods in Nonparametric Repair Models" Jayaram Sethuraman, Florida State University | | 11:00-12:00 | "Semiparametric Methods for Gene-Environment Case-Control Studies" Raymond J. Carroll, Texas A&M Univeristy | | 12:00-1:30 | Lunch (see list of possibilities below and in your packet of materials) | | Return to the Lower Lounge, William Pitt Union (WPU) | | 1:30-2:30 | "Probability Models for Reliability and Survival Analysis" Ingram Olkin, Stanford University | | 2:30-2:45 | "Overview of Drug Research and Development" Heifei Yang, MedImmune, Inc. | | 2:45-3:15 | "Bayesian Analysis of Hierarchical Poisson Regression Model with Macrolevel Contagion"
Junfeng Liu, West Virginia University | | 3:15-3:45 | "Proper Inference from Simon's Two-Stage Designs" Tatsuki Koyama, Vanderbilt University | | 3:45-4:05 | TBA Melissa Ziegler, University of Pittsburgh | | 4:05-4:25 | TBA Mark Gamalo, University of Pittsburgh | Suggestions for Lunch: The best places for lunch are on Craig Street between Forbes and Fifth Avenue. The restaurants near the Wyndham Hotel are mostly fast food or intended for students. However, Panera (on Forbes) is a decent chain and India Garden (on Atwood) has a good buffet. Ali Baba's, 404 S. Craig Street Decent Middle Eastern food. Inexpensive. Carnegie Cafe, Forbes Avenue Cafeteria in the entrance to the Carnegie Museum of Art. Very nice surroundings. Lucca, 317 S. Craig Street Italian food. Great outdoor porch, if weather permits. Moderately expensive. Oakland Original, Forbes and S. Bouquet Known to students as the "Dirty O". This is the place for greasy french fries, hot dogs and hoagies. A Pittsburgh Experience. Union Grill, 413 S. Craig Street Mostly grill stuff. Moderate. Also, a new crepe restaurant opened recently on Craig Street near Fifth Avenue. |
